1947 Isle of Man TT

The 1947 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the first race festival since 1939 due to the interruption of World War II. With the restart of racing, the ACU decided to add three Clubman-class races for production machines in Lightweight, Junior and Senior categories, making the festival a six-race event.^[1] It held in 9-13 June.^[2]

Harold Daniell won the Senior TT at 82.81 mph (133.27 km/h) on a Norton and the Norton team were to dominate the Senior race until 1954.^[3] Speeds were somewhat lower than the pre-war races due to the low quality "pool" petrol available, and it would be another three years before Daniell's 1938 lap record was broken. Superchargers were banned for motorcycle racing from 1946, so that may have reduced speed too.^[4]

This was an early race appearance for the E90 AJS Porcupine, ridden to ninth in the Senior by Les Graham.

Senior TT (500cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Harold Daniell	Norton	82.813 mph	3:11.22.2
2	Artie Bell	Norton	82.656 mph	3:11.44.2
3	Peter Goodman	Velocette	82.463 mph	3:12.11.0
4	Ted Frend	Norton	81.57 mph	3:14.17.4
5	Guy Newman	Norton	79.638 mph	3:19.00.0
6	Roy Evans	Norton	78.051 mph	3:23.02.8
7	Noel Christmas	Norton	78.048 mph	3:23.03.2
8	Bill Beevers	Norton	77.56 mph	3:24.20.0
9	Leslie Graham	AJS	77.472 mph	3:24.34.0
10	Les A Dear	Norton	75.931 mph	3:28.43.0

Junior TT (350cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Bob Foster	Velocette	80.311 mph	3:17.20.0
2	David Whitworth	Velocette	78.677 mph	3:21.26.0
3	Jock Weddell	Velocette	76.15 mph	3:28.07.0
4	Peter Goodman	Velocette	75.822 mph	3:29.00.0
5	Les Martin	Norton	73.964 mph	3:30.30.0
6	Freddie Hudson	Norton	76.96 mph	3:34.16.0
7	Guy Newman	Velocette	73.94 mph	3:34.19.0
8	Tommy Wood	Velocette	73.28 mph	3:36.16.0
9	Eric Oliver	Norton	73.00 mph	3:37.05.0
10	Geoff Murdoch	Norton	72.99 mph	3:37.07.0

Lightweight TT (250cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Manliff Barrington	Moto Guzzi	73.220 mph	3:36:26.6
2	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	72.972 mph	3:37.10.8
3	Ben Drinkwater	Excelsior	70.139 mph	3:45.57.0
4	Les Archer	New Imperial	69.805 mph	3:47.02.0
5	Stan Pike	Rudge	68.559 mph	3:51.09.6
6	George Paterson	New Imperial	68.488 mph	3:51.24.0
7	Svend Aage Sørensen	Excelsior	67.775 mph	3:53.50.0
8	Paddy Johnston	CTS	67.720 mph	3:54.01.6
9	Les Martin	Excelsior	67.621 mph	3:54.22.0
10	Jack Brett	Excelsior	67.249 mph	3:55.39.6

Clubmans Senior TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Eric Briggs	Norton	78.67 mph	1:55.08.0
2	Allan Jefferies	Triumph	75.23 mph	2:00.23.0
3	Geoff Parsons	Ariel	71.26 mph	2:07.06.0

Clubmans Junior TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Denis Parkinson	Norton	70.74 mph	2:08.01.0
2	Bob Pratt	Norton	68.87 mph	2:11.30.0
3	Wilf Sleightholme	AJS	68.28 mph	2:12.39.0

Clubmans Lightweight TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Bill McVeigh	Triumph	65.30 mph	1.44.02.0
2	Basil Keys	AJS	64.27 mph	1.45.42.0
3	Les Archer	Velocette	63.73 mph	1:46.36.0

Notes

• Major road widening occurred on the Snaefell mountain course at the 33rd Milestone, including the removal of fence posts at road level.^[5]

Sources

External links

• 1947 Isle of Man race results

This page was last edited on 3 December 2023, at 10:38